Cable-connector.



B. JULIE'N.

CABLE CONNECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1912.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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BARTI-IOLOMEW J ULIEN, 0F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

CABLE-CONNECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

Application filed July 24, 1912. Serial No. 711,287.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known thatI, BARTnoLoMnw J ULIEN, citizen of the United States,residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cable-Connectors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention has for its object the provision of means for safelyconnecting the bight of a rope or other cable to a traveler; and itsnovelty, utility and practical advantages will be fully understood fromthe following description and claims when the same are read inconnection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of th1sspecification, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation illustrative of the device constituting thepreferred embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a section taken at aright angle to Fig. 1.

Referring by numerals to the said drawings, and more particularly Figs.1 and 2 thereof: 1 is an overhead rail, and 2, a wheeled travelermovable on said rail. The said traveler-is peculiar in that it includestwo oppositely-disposed hooks 3 and 4, arranged in parallel verticalplanes, and spacing bars 5 which hang pivotally between the said hooks 3and 4, and have for their function to preclude distortion of the hookswhen a load is imposed through the cable 6 thereon.

I The spacing bars 5 are pivoted at the points 9 between the spacedplates 5*, and each bar has its lower portion curved inward and snuglyarranged between the hooks 3 and 4. Normally the lower ends of thespacing bars are slightly spaced apart, as shown by dotted lines in Fig.1; the said lower ends being numbered 10. There is no liability of thespacing bars 5 swinging outward from between the hooks because of thesnug arrangement of said bars rela tive to the hooks. When, however, itis desired to swing the bars 5 outward precedent to connecting a cableto the hooks 3 and 4, the said bars can be so swung by hand, and thenafter the bight of the cable rests on the hooks and at an angle thereto,the bars 5 can be similarly restored to their normal posit-ions. Bypreference, the hooks 3 and 4 and the spacing bars 5 are carried by theand the bight of the cable is passed inward between the hooks 3 and 4 toa point beyond the ends of the hooks, and then the cable in turned tothe position shown in Figs. 1 and'2, so that both hooks 3 and 4: willrest in the bight of the cable. WVith this done the spacing bars 5 arerestored to the positions shown in Figs. 1 and2, whereupon said spacingbars will assist in supporting the cable, and at the same time willprevent distortion of the hooks, as before described.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of carryingmeans, pendent reversely arranged hooks connected therewith and spacedapart and arranged in parallel relation, and spacing bars pivoted to thecarrying means and normally occupying the space between the hooks, withtheir lower ends adjacent each other.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of carryingmeans; hooks connected with and depending from the carrying means andreversely arranged and spaced apart in parallel relation and curveddownward in the direction of their length and also curved upward so thatthe free end of each hook rests opposite an intermediate point in thelength of the other hook; and spacing bars pivotally connected to thecarrying means in position to swing in the plane of the space betweenthe hooks and snugly arranged between the hooks and having inwardlycurved lower portions adapted to normally rest a slight distance apart.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

BARTHOLOMEW JULIEN. Witnesses:

EMANUEL E. I-Iorrnn, GEORGE H. SToRRs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

